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A B747-400 experienced a #3 engine tailpipe fire. An emergency was declared and a fire bottle was fired. The aircraft was towed to the gate without an evacuate/evacuation after the fire extinguished.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 689225 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200603 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B747-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : pushback |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 19000 flight time type : 9000 |
| ASRS Report | 689225 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 689227 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 4 |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : equipment problem dissipated flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
At brake release got EICAS messages for #3 engine. Contacted maintenance. Flight attendant at 4R let us know we had smoke on right side. No fire indication ever in cockpit. Confirmed with ramp we had smoke on right side. Maintenance arrives; has us shut down #4 engine. Says fire is in #3 tailpipe and to fire #3 extinguisher bottle. Fire department arrives. We decide not to evacuate/evacuation. Fire under control. Tow back to gate. Supplemental information from acn 689228: initial maintenance supervisor diagnosis was some sort of an automatic engine shutdown due to internal component failure (fuel control; etc).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B747-400 EXPERIENCED A #3 ENG TAILPIPE FIRE. AN EMER WAS DECLARED AND A FIRE BOTTLE WAS FIRED. THE ACFT WAS TOWED TO THE GATE WITHOUT AN EVAC AFTER THE FIRE EXTINGUISHED.
Narrative: AT BRAKE RELEASE GOT EICAS MESSAGES FOR #3 ENG. CONTACTED MAINT. FLT ATTENDANT AT 4R LET US KNOW WE HAD SMOKE ON R SIDE. NO FIRE INDICATION EVER IN COCKPIT. CONFIRMED WITH RAMP WE HAD SMOKE ON R SIDE. MAINT ARRIVES; HAS US SHUT DOWN #4 ENG. SAYS FIRE IS IN #3 TAILPIPE AND TO FIRE #3 EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE. FIRE DEPT ARRIVES. WE DECIDE NOT TO EVAC. FIRE UNDER CTL. TOW BACK TO GATE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 689228: INITIAL MAINT SUPVR DIAGNOSIS WAS SOME SORT OF AN AUTO ENG SHUTDOWN DUE TO INTERNAL COMPONENT FAILURE (FUEL CTL; ETC).
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.